2011 -

Clocking on: The timing of your life!
Dr. Sarah Forbes-Robertson (Swansea University)
January 2011

Poisons from the sea – or when to avoid the fish course!
Jim Ballantine (Swansea University)
February 2011

Brain death and organ transplantation
Prof. Steve Edwards (Swansea University)
March 2011

Beer and Health; 7000 Years of History
Prof. David Williams (Cardiff University)
April 2011

Algae: Scum of the Earth
Dr. Adam Powell (Swansea University)
May 2011

Particle Physics and a bit of String Theory
Carlos Nunez (Swansea University)
September 2011

Using stem cells to make food: Understanding 'In Vitro Meat'
Dr Neil Stephens (Cardiff University)
October 2011

Life, death and the carotenoids
Prof. George Truscott (Keele University)
November 2011

The science of sleep and dreaming
Prof. Mark Blagrove (Swansea University)
January 2012

Exobiology: Is anyone out there?
Prof. Mike Edmunds (Cardiff University) organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry
February 2012

Molecular Gastronomy: the science of taste and flavour
Prof. Peter Barham, Bristol University
March 2012

The Fermi Paradox
Prof. David Skibinski, Swansea University
April 2012

Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant
Derek Sheehan (EDF)
May 2012

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN 
Prof Lyn Evans (CERN) 
September 2012
See here for a video of this lecture.

Adventures with oxygen; a "radical" perspective
Prof Damian Bailey (University of Glamorgan) 
October 2012

The Chemistry of Light
Dr Peter Douglas (Swansea University)
November 2012

Things that go bump in the night; Approaches for getting to grip on enigmatic animals
Prof Rory Wilson (Swansea University)
January 2013

The last man standing: How to take years off your life
Dr Kelly Mackintosh (Swansea University)
February 2013

Ig Nobel Prizes
Marc Abrahams (Master of Ceremoies of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and editor of The Annals of Improbable Research)
March 2013

2009 - 2010

Table for one? Otter foraging in Wales
Dr Gareth Parry, Swansea University
Wednesday 28th January 2009

The BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car: How and Why?
Ben Evans, Swansea University
Wednesday 25th February 2009

Life in Cold Blood - The Cold Blooded Truth
Miles Barton, Series Producer Life in Cold Blood, BBC Natural History Unit
Wednesday 25th March 2009

The Death Ray - The Secret Life of Harry Grindell Matthews
Jonathan Foster, Author and Science Teacher
Wednesday 29th April 2009

Low Impact Development: High Impact Responses to Climate Change and Sustainability
Larch Maxey, Swansea University
Wednesday 27th May 2009

Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving
John Emsley, University of Cambridge
Wednesday 21st October 2009

Badgers, Cattle and TB: Opening Up the Debate
Dan Forman, Swansea University
Wednesday 25th November 2009

Diet and Behaviour Throughout Life
David Benton, Professor of Psychology, Swansea University
Wednesday 27th January 2010

Avoiding Death by Computer
Harold Thimbleby, Swansea University
Wednesday 24th February 2010

Natural Prawn Killers: Shrimp Vaccination, Why Bother?
Adam Powell, Swansea University
Wednesday 31st March 2010

The Large Hadron Collider And The Much Smaller Antiproton Decelerator - What Do We Hope To Find
Prof Graham Shore, Swansea University
Wednesday 28th April 2010

The Deadly 2009 Wildfires near Melbourne: Unpredictable Catastrophe or Foreseeable Event?
Stefan Doerr, Swansea University
Wednesday 26th May 2010

Marine Renewables – A Drop in the Ocean
Miles Willis, Swansea University
Wednesday 29th September 2010

Antimatter Matters
Mike Charlton, Swansea University
Wednesday 20th October 2010

The Police DNA Database
Steve Bain, Swansea University
Wednesday 24th November 2010

2007 - 2008

The Hidden Hazards of Hypothyroidism
Coralie Phillips and Donna Roach www.thyroidbooks.co.uk
Wednesday 31st January 2007

There must have been something in the water.......
Dr Rachel Charmers, Head of the UK Cryptosporidium Reference Unit
Wednesday 28th February 2007

Supplying food from aquaculture - current status and future opportunities and challenges
Dr Robin Shields, Aquaculture Wales
Wednesday 28th March 2007

When sugar is not so sweet: Why every cow should carry a health warning
Prof Anthony Campbell, Cardiff University and Director of the Darwin Centre
Wednesday 25th April 2007

Challenges for conserving endangered species in the tropics
Prof Mike Bruford, Cardiff University
Wednesday 30th May 2007

Bionanotechnology: borrowing nature's smallest secrets
Kierann Shah & Chris Wright, Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre, Swansea University
Wednesday 26th September 2007

Useful waste
Bob Lovitt, Swansea University
Wednesday 24th October 2007

Chemistry and light
Peter Douglas, Swansea University
Wednesday 28th November 2007

Does cigarette smoking cause feelings of stress and depression
Andrew Parrott, Swansea University
Wednesday 30 January 2008

The Thinking Eye: Art & Science in Conversation
Karen Ingham, Science, Arts and Technology Network, Swansea Metropolitan University
Wednesday 27th February 2008

Plumes and hotspots: Are they just mind over mantle?
Gillian Foulger, Earth Sciences, Durham University
Wednesday 19th March 2008

Leatherback turtles in northern European waters: current patterns and prospects with climate change
Graeme Hays, Swansea University
Wednesday 30th April 2008

Nature does it, so why can't we? Nanomedicine from an ethical point of view
Christian Lenk, Department of Ethics & History of Medicine, University of Goettingen
Wednesday 28th May 2008

Slimy creatures of the seas: politicians and the Marine Bill
Dr Lyndsey Dodds, WWF Marine Policy Officer
Wednesday 22nd October 2008

The case for nuclear energy
Dr John Lewis, Royal Society of Chemistry Lecture
Wednesday 26th November 2008

2005 - 2006

Does science have the whole story on complementary medicine?
Toby Murcott, science writer
Wednesday 27 April 2005

Energy Beyond Oil
Paul Mobbs, Environmental Investigator
Wednesday 25 May 2005

Happiness: the science behind your smile
Daniel Nettle, brain and behaviour psychologist
Wednesday 29 June 2005

The future relation of computers and people
Dr Harold Thimbleby, University of Wales Swansea
Wednesday 27 July 2005

Whatever happened to real physics?
Vivian Pope
Wednesday 30 August 2005

Alien invaders: Invasive species in Britain
Dr Dan Forman, University of Wales Swansea
Wednesday 28 September 2005

Alien invaders: Invasive species in Britain
Dan Forman, University of Wales Swansea
Wednesday 28 September 2005

Uncanny Valley: Living with Living Machines
Richard Evans, Robotics Author
Wednesday 30 November 2005

Language and Meaning
Pius ten Hacken, University of Wales Swansea
Wednesday 25 January 2006

Climate Change: Past, Present & Future
Danny McCaroll, University of Wales Swansea
Wednesday 29 March 2006

Better Humans? The Politics of Human Enhancement
Paul Miller, Senior Researcher, Demos
Wednesday 26 April 2006

Daily Diaries for Enigmatic Animals: The power of animal-attached recorders and their skeletons in the cupboard.
Professor Rory Wilson, University of Wales Swansea
Wednesday 31st May 2006

New Ways to Use Computers
Will & Harold Thimbleby, Swansea University
Wednesday 28th June 2006

Swanturbines Tidal Stream Energy - Invisible, Predictable, Low Cost
James Orme, Director, Swanturbines Ltd
Wednesday 27th September 2006

All Fingers and Thumbs - Why do our fingers grow where they do?
Sarah Forbes-Robertson, Swansea University
Wednesday 25th October 2006

Antarctic and Climate Change: hot air or chilling reality?
David Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey
Wednesday 29 November 2006